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21-04-2007, 01:22 PM
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| | | Crystal clear water
Now I know that this doesn't sound like a problem but my pond was developing really well and looking like a healthy established pond but nearly over night the water has become crystal clear which I know alot of owners love but it is a bit of a problem with tadies because it looks like they have nothing to eat. I have loads and loads of the previously mentioned lava do you think they have just eaten everything. and how do I get some algea back it is in full sun. |
21-04-2007, 02:07 PM
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| | | Re: Crystal clear water
On the rare occasions that taddies and gin clear water occured
I floated a plastic ring from a pond shop on the surface and fed
them lettuce leaf +floating pond sticks a little at a time so as not
to encourage bacteria
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21-04-2007, 02:15 PM
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| | | Re: Crystal clear water
Lucky you - the dreaded blanket weed has taken ours over yet again. Our pond has been there for years, but still every spring it gets covered!
When we keep taddies in a tank at our Playgroup, we use fish flakes to feed them. It you are concerned try a sprinkle a couple times a day and see it they take to it. |
21-04-2007, 02:39 PM
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| | | Re: Crystal clear water
Have been boilling lettus and they are going mad for that just can't understand where all the algea has gone. |
21-04-2007, 02:43 PM
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| |  Re: Crystal clear water
I have a pond full of frogs and tadpoles and we have just cleared some of the green slushy stuff from the surface..so after reading this i am now concerned in case they are hungry 
so it looks like i will have to go and buy some fish flakes is their any particular sort ??
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21-04-2007, 03:29 PM
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| | | Re: Crystal clear water
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Originally Posted by Krewella  Have been boilling lettus and they are going mad for that just can't understand where all the algea has gone. |
They've eaten it! You'll find that dandelion leaves go down well - and cheaper than lettuce!  |
21-04-2007, 04:50 PM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Letchworth Garden City
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| | | Re: Crystal clear water
Yes, it's probably no coincidence that we've had no frogs and therefore no taddies in the pond this year, for some reason, and the water is as green as you like. The newts are barely visible in the murk. |
23-04-2007, 05:36 PM
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| | | Re: Crystal clear water
The pond is still crystal clear am now feeding the taddies the lettus and have now found out they love chicken...I keep feeding then because I don't want them to eat each other. But as the water is so clear I can now see how many taddies I have and there must be about 50 so i'm not sure if I should let them do the nature thing so there will be enough food in the garden when they hop out. |
23-04-2007, 05:58 PM
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| | | Re: Crystal clear water
Let nature take it's course.
There may well be food in there that you can't see. If they don't all make it, that's life. They will eat most anything that comes their way - have seen them chomping on a snail that had fallen in, still alive, like a pack of pirahnas. I'm sure they will be fine.
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23-04-2007, 07:51 PM
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| | | Re: Crystal clear water
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Originally Posted by werdnal Lucky you - the dreaded blanket weed has taken ours over yet again. Our pond has been there for years, but still every spring it gets covered!
When we keep taddies in a tank at our Playgroup, we use fish flakes to feed them. It you are concerned try a sprinkle a couple times a day and see it they take to it. | Same here, my pond looks like pea soup. If you find the cause of your clear water Krewella let me know. | | | |
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